On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 09:50:06AM +0200, Matej Cepl wrote:
On 26/09/12 01:21, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
>If we send reporters upstream to read documents we can just as well send
>them by the same method to upstream bugzilla's to file reports.
Yes, I think it could be preferred way for some bugs and some
components (i.e., I would suggest much more aggressive use of
CLOSED/UPSTREAM).
What would you prefer? Upstream balancing five bug reports in five
downstream bug trackers (plus his own) and wasting ton of time just
coordinating and communicating with them, or five bug reporters (and
their package maintainers, if required) working with the upstream in
the upstream bug tracker?
I understand that it is not possible always (given the character of
the component in question, or because bug reporters are not able to
work with the upstream code, and of course it could genuinely be a
packaging bug or bug caused by other components in the distro), but
when it is possible, I think it should be preferred.
-1.
The Fedora maintainers are supposed to bring the upstream to the
distribution and maintain it there. The Fedora users are supposed
to use the distribution, not compile the upstream themselves. It's
the Fedora maintainer that should do the communication with the
upstream (they have accounts in the upstream bug tracking systems).
And it's the Fedora maintainers that should release erratas, fixing
the distribution for users of said distribution.
--
Jan Pazdziora
Principal Software Engineer, Satellite Engineering, Red Hat